The Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996

Preamble

THE BUILDING AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION WORKERS (REGULATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) ACT, 1996 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY SECTIONS 1. Short title, extent, commencement and application. 2. Definitions. CHAPTER II THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND EXPERT COMMITTEES 3. Central Advisory Committee. 4. State Advisory Committee. 5. Expert committees. CHAPTERCode REGISTRATION OF ESTABLISHMENTS 6. Appointment of registering officers. 7. Registration of establishments. 8. Revocation of registration in certain cases. 9. Appeal. 10. Effect of non-registration. CHAPTER IV REGISTRATION OF BUILDING WORKERS AS BENEFICIARIES 11. Beneficiaries of the Fund. 12. Registration of building workers as beneficiaries. 13. Identity cards. 14. Cessation as a beneficiary. 15. Register of beneficiaries. 16. Contribution of building workers. 17. Effect of non-payment of contribution. CHAPTER V BUILDING AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION WORKERS' WELFARE BOARDS 18. Constitution of State Welfare Boards. 19. Secretary and other officers of Boards. 20. Meetings of Boards. 21. Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings of the Boards. 22. Functions of the Boards. 23. Grants and loans by the Central Government. 24. Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Fund and its application. SECTIONS 25. Budget. 26. Annual report. 27. Accounts and audit. CHAPTER VI HOURS OF WORK, WELFARE MEASURES AND OTHER CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF BUILDING WORKERS 28. Fixing hours for normal working day, etc. 29. Wages for overtime work. 30. Maintenance of registers and records. 31. Prohibition of employment of certain persons in certain building or other construction work. 32. Drinking water. 33. Latrines and urinals. 34. Accommodation. 35. Creches. 36. First-aid 37. Canteens, etc. CHAPTER VII SAFETY AND HEALTH MEASURES 39. power of model rules fortement to THEde 38. Safety Committee and safety officers. 39. Notice of certain accidents. 40. Power of appropriate Government to make rules for the safety and health of building workers. 41. Framing of model rules for safety measures. CHAPTER VIII INSPECTING STAFF 42. Appointment of Director-General, Chief Inspector and Inspectors. 43. Powers of Inspectors. CHAPTER IX SPECIAL PROVISIONS 44. Responsibility of employers. 45. Responsibility for payment of wages and compensation. 46. Notice of commencement of building or other construction work. CHAPTER X PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE 47. Penalty for contravention of provisions regarding safety measures. 48. Penalty for failure to give notice of the commencement of the building or other construction work. 49. Penalty for obstructions. 50. Penalty for other offences. 51. Appeal. 52. Recovery of penalty. SECTIONS 53. Offences by companies. 54. Cognizance of offences. 55. Limitation of prosecutions. CHAPTER XI MISCELLANEOUS 56. Delegation of powers. 57. Returns. 58. Application of Act 8 of 1923 to building workers. 59. Protection of action taken in good faith. 60. Power of Central Government to give directions. 61. Power to remove difficulties. 62. Power to make rules. 63. Saving of certain laws. 64. Repeal and saving. IndiaCode THE BUILDING AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION WORKERS (REGULATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) ACT, 1996 ACT NO. 27 OF 1996 [19th August, 1996.] An Act to regulate the employment and conditions of service of building and other construction workers and to provide for their safety, health and welfare measures and for other matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Forty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows :- CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY

Sections

Type to filter. 64 sections.

1. 1Short title, extent, commencement and application
2. 2Definitions
3. 3Central Advisory Committee
4. 4State Advisory Committee
5. 5Expert committees
6. 6Appointment of registering officers
7. 7Registration of establishments
8. 8Revocation of registration in certain cases
9. 9Appeal
10. 10Effect of non-registration
11. 11Beneficiaries of the Fund
12. 12Registration of building workers as beneficiaries
13. 13Identity cards
14. 14Cessation as a beneficiary
15. 15Register of beneficiaries
16. 16Contribution of building workers
17. 17Effect of non-payment of contribution
18. 18Constitution of State Welfare Boards
19. 19Secretary and other officers of Boards
20. 20Meetings of Boards
21. 21Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings of the Boards
22. 22Functions of the Boards
23. 23Grants and loans by the Central Government
24. 24Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Fund and its application
25. 26Annual report
26. 27Accounts and audit
27. 28Fixing hours for normal working day, etc
28. 29Wages for overtime work
29. 30Maintenance of registers and records
30. 31
31. 32Drinking water
32. 33Latrines and urinals
33. 34Accommodation
34. 35Creches
35. 36First-aid
36. 37Canteens, etc
37. 38Safety Committee and safety officers
38. 39Notice of certain accidents
39. 40
40. 41Framing of model rules for safety measures
41. 42Appointment of Director-General, Chief Inspector and Inspectors
42. 43Powers of Inspectors
43. 44Responsibility of employers
44. 45Responsibility for payment of wages and compensation
45. 46Notice of commencement of building or other construction work
46. 47Penalty for contravention of provisions regarding safety measures
47. 48
48. 49Penalty for obstructions
49. 49ACompounding of offences
50. 50Penalty for other offences
51. 51Appeal
52. 52Recovery of penalty
53. 53
54. 54Cognizance of offences
55. 55Limitation of prosecutions
56. 56Delegation of powers
57. 57Returns
58. 58Application of Act 8 of 1923 to building workers
59. 59Protection of action taken in good faith
60. 60Power of Central Government to give directions
61. 61Power to remove difficulties
62. 62Power to make rules
63. 63Saving of certain laws
64. 64